BLUE GLOW IN THE LIVING ROOM

Outaservice

Year ago when TV was becoming popular in every American home, the Watchtower Society appeared to be discouraging it for the 'Rank & File' In the Kingdom Hall I attended, it was often spoken of as 'The Devil's Eyeball'! Our Congregation Servant once lamented that when he would drive by different brothers houses at night he could see the 'blue glow' through their windows, but they were not there for the meetings and service the next day! Of course, eventually they had to give up the fact that the brothers were not going to give up watching or owning televisions! So, encouragement was given as to the amount of time spent and the program content you spent.

Now, years later, I have that same feeling that if the Governing Body could, they would just as soon the brothers do not have computors, but it's to late to make something like that fly! But now it is much more a serious threat to them than TV ever was. Why? Because you can research things now, and it isn't a 'pretty picture as far as Watchtower history is concerned! I think Jesus' words as recorded in Matt. 10:26 will eventually haunt the Society, ........."Therefore do not fear them; for there is nothing covered over that will not become uncovered, and secret that will not become known." And maybe the internet will play a part in the words of Daniel, recorded in chapter 12: vs. 4....(NWT).............."Many will rove about, and the [true] knowledge will become abundant."

Yes, education and true knowledge are a real threat to the Watchtower Organization and the internet will play it's part in it's expose'. This is my personal belief.

Outaservice

ESTEE

Hi Outaservice,

LOL about the blue box. So true. I heard these stories when I was a jw kid growing up on the Canadian prairies. As a result my jw parents never had a TV. I figure the jws are afraid of any source of information unless it comes from the "authorized" source of the governing body. Everything else is "demonized." Ancient history.

Glad to be thinking beyond the "jw box" now.

Love,

ESTEE

garybuss

I'd almost forgotten about the television plague. I was raised by very zealous Witness parents in the 50's and we heard about the dangers of television at just about every Thursday's meeting.

I don't think the Society's goal of all of us putting in 10 hours a week ever happened again after television equipment came into use in the United States in the 50's.

Having a television set in the house then would be like sending all your kids to college now. Even having a set was a deal killer if a man wanted to be appointed to a group leadership job in Sioux Fall, South Dakota.

DJK

You might be to young to remember or even know of this. In the sixties, the JWs were actually promoting a movie to be seen on TV. I had to participate in putting leaflets on car windows at a local shopping center. The police came and made us remove all of the leaflets because all of that stuff becomes litter. It was painful because it was winter. At the meetings it was suggested not to allow children to see the first few minutes of the movie because the actors were nude and their butt's were shown when they were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Am I an oldie or what? Can't remember the title of the movie, maybe it was "The Bible". Possibly some oldie could remember.

avidbiblereader

Very well put OutofService, and to think they said the TV would never catch on. You may be right but the internet is certainly a monkey on their backs.

abr

heathen

I never knew a dubby that didn't have a TV .The WTBTS also started making VHS and CD information movies. I actually have 2 of them. They condemn the world on sunday but will watch worldly entertainment all the time . If that's the devils eyeball then they are satanic just like everybody else.

DannyHaszard

Harmful X-ray emmisions from the high voltage 'cage' the capacitor in the old 300 watt B+W vacume tube TV was used to create anti-TV Watchower propaganda.

Anybody remember that one?

DJK

I remember it well. It was about 1958-1960. Ha Ha.

Leolaia

*** w51 3/15 p. 164 Time Better than Money ***

But will television deliver them at Armageddon? Will their little god of the living room shelter them from Jehovah’s wrath? Time consumed on it might have been used to study, to transform their mind, to make it over, to gain godly wisdom, which is not to be compared to rubies, silver, gold, money or television; but instead they will be "destroyed for lack of knowledge". (Hos. 4:6) The marvelous invention has been misused by them till it has become a satanic snare to capture their mind, to keep their eye glued to a television screen, not allowing them time to see the sign of the second presence of Christ or to mentally discern the import of such sign and learn what they should do to successfully meet the crisis.

Outaservice

Thanks Leolaia. That Watchtower Magazine quote makes clear what I was trying to convey during that time period.

Outaservice

BLUE GLOW IN THE LIVING ROOM

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